| Description |
x, 535 pages ; 21 cm |
| Contents |
Amazing gifts : Abbeyleix and Killeany -- Encounter of two great women : Catherine McAuley and Frances Warde -- Spiritual growth : Dublin, Kingstown, Tullamore, Charleville -- Spiritual maturity : Carlow -- Surprising zeal : Carlow, Naas, Wexford -- Frances Warde as spiritual director -- Sorow and joy : Westport -- From old world to new : Carlow to Pittsburgh -- On to the Midwest : Chicago, First Mercy Hospital -- Unique mission : Loretto; trouble in Chicago and Pittsburgh -- On to New England : Providence and Newport, Hartford and New Haven; external and internal conflict -- New York foundation; Apostlic Center in New Hampshire -- Expansion to Philadelphia; service in the Civil War -- On to the West : Omaha, Northward to Maine -- Suffering and resurrection : Frances Warde and Kent Stone -- On to the far West : California; Maine once again and Vermont -- Spreading the good news in New Jersey : Jersey City, Bordentown -- A full life and a new foundation in Portland; controversy with hierarchy and successful petition to Rome -- On to Indian missions : Indian Island, Pleasant point, Peter Dana Point -- Petition to Rome once more and moral victory; a celebration -- A cause to rejoice; final election and final mission -- Death of Frances Warde -- Flowering of a century and a half. |
| Note |
"A Crossroad book." |
| Bibliography |
Bibliography: pages 509-517. |
| Subject |
Warde, Frances, 1810?-1884.
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Sisters of Mercy.
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| ISBN |
0816411395 |
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9780816411399 |
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